Homo- and heterotypic cell contacts in malignant melanoma cells and desmoglein 2 as a novel solitary surface glycoprotein

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2191-2206

  Schmitt, Christian J ^a,b   Franke, Werner W ^b   Goerdt, Sergij ^a   Falkowska Hansen, Berit ^b   Rickelt, Steffen ^b   Peitsch, Wiebke K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; DESMOGLEIN 2; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; P CADHERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL SURFACE; COCULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; KERATINOCYTE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CADHERINS; CATENINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DESMOCOLLINS; DESMOGLEIN 2; DESMOGLEINS; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLAKOPHILINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34547892655     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700849     Document Type: Article

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